open sea

Chapter 544
The early court made Emperor Wanli drowsy, and Chen Mu went out to ask for a performance, which seemed to give the little emperor a shot of stimulant.

He had never met Chen Mu, but this did not prevent Wanli from guessing that among the white bearded old men such as Zhang Juzheng, Wang Guoguang, and Tan Lun in the court class, there was a young figure with a heroic military and extremely high official status.

Wanli has been waiting, waiting for Chen Mu to come out to play, because that is the protagonist of today's court meeting.

It is not only the emperor who has the same thoughts, Chen Mu's invitation has different meanings in the eyes of different people.

"It has been four years since the first emperor opened the sea ban, appointed ministers of Nanyang to manage foreign affairs, and agreed to transfer one million taels of silver to the country every year. The minister felt that the first emperor was exhausted in governing the country, so he made a charter when he first arrived overseas. The imperial family of the Ming Dynasty took a three-point stake in the joint prosperity of the sea, and transferred 80 taels of silver to the internal treasury for the royal family in four years; Since the first year of Wanli, Beijing Yun has increased to 200 million taels, and a total of 600 million taels of silver have been transferred to the Ministry of Households in four years."

"The minister has lived up to the great trust of the late emperor. Every year from now on, the Nanyang military government will also escort 220 million taels of silver to Beijing."

"In the past four years, the King of Luzon, the King of Suludong, the King of the West, the King of Dong, the King of Ryukyu, the General Army of Borneo, the Kings of Java, the King of Aceh, the King of Champa, the King of Siam, the King of Lions and other countries have paid tribute to Beijing; the Spanish envoys When the treaty was signed in Nanjing, King Annan pleaded guilty and subjugated the law, the rebellion was quelled with three declarations and six consolations, the overseas Ming pirates repented, and the Ming merchant ships went west from Malacca to India and east to Japan, purchased rare and rare raw materials, and promoted commercial production in China..."

Yes, that's how it feels!

The little emperor Wanli gritted his teeth lightly, and lightly hammered the dragon chair with his small hand in his sun and moon robe. This is how Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Shizhen felt when they were teaching him. They are still young mechanical units. Whenever they talk about these things, their way of speaking changes. The words are easy to understand, and they don't pay attention to neatness and order.

Although those words are often uttered by Zhang Juzheng, he knows that the real teacher is someone else, who is now talking about Nanyang ministers outside the class!

Only he can write such textbooks!

"I……"

Usually, the emperor would not interrupt the minister's report during the court meeting. He had to wait until he had finished speaking, but this time Wanli made an exception and asked after interrupting: "I have read the accounts of the Nanyang Military Mansion, and the first year of the account is 230. It's strange that the next year's account was 270 million taels. This is because it took two years to sell the goods on board after the war with Xiyi. They have so much goods on board? They can't sell them all in two years? "

"Returning to Your Majesty, that's not the case. It's a Spanish royal merchant ship. They call that ship the Manila Galleon. It sails once a year from Manila to Mexico City in America, where it will be sold to Western merchants. A shipment of goods is worth 120 million taels of silver. If it is sold into the country, it can only be sold for a million taels, but if it is sold to the Portuguese, it can sell more than 160 million taels of silver. The minister only needs silver. With so much silver, we can only wait for them to buy enough silver in the coming year."

Chen Mu said this very slowly, he was waiting, waiting for the ignorant fool officials to jump out and scold him, asking him where he spent the rest of the 270 million in the account except for the 120 million that was handed over to the court, and whether he was pocketing it for himself.

Unfortunately, no courtiers are fools. First of all, the Nanyang Military Mansion is not controlled. Instead of criticizing this, it is better to scold him for hiding armor. Besides, it is not a secret that people know where the silver flower is, and the Nanyang Military Mansion has no secrets. .

Emperor Wanli nodded with a half-understood understanding. He had the impression that Master An in Portugal was a fool with a lot of money, and suddenly he had a good impression of these foreigners who had fought in the early years. Then he frowned and thought for a while before saying: "Yes. , I still want to ask you, Nanyang Situ Shu, how is it implemented, can you see the effect?"

The so-called Nanyang Santou is also where Chen Mu spent his money. The full name is "Nanyang Military Mansion Production, Technology, People's Livelihood, and Talent Investment Plan". Where will all the money go, and the situation of '80 taels Chen Shuai misappropriating' cannot happen again.

Chen Mu really didn't expect that Emperor Wanli would be interested in this at such a young age. His stuff was actually written by Gao Gong for the courtiers, and he didn't expect Wanli to understand it.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the so-called four investments refer to investment in production, investment in technology, investment in people's livelihood, and investment in talents. Because our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, most of them are limited to Guangdong for the time being, and we pay attention to the special use of funds. Investment in production is delivered to the Chief Secretary of Guangdong and Guangxi for encouraging Merchants increase production, farmers increase grain production, and craftsmen create new tools, 20 taels per year."

"Invest in technology and deliver it to the Ministry of Industry to develop new weapons and appliances, 5 taels per year; invest in people's livelihood, repair and daily supplies for Luzeyuan, Yangjiyuan and Huimin Pharmacy Bureau in various places, this is nationwide, twice a year Ten to 40 taels; investment talents are used to establish social schools in various places, send some meat to teachers, subsidize orphans and poor young students to study, innovate tactics and equipment in the North and South Lecture Halls, and plan to join the South Straight Lecture Academy funding."

"There are two main purposes. First, better technology and more output can give Daming more advantages in overseas business routes. Don't make a piece of domestic cloth cost six coins, and I only have five coins for a piece of machine cloth, which is better than him. Well, I still have to make money, and the people of other countries will only buy mine, buy cotton from them, sell cloth, once in and out, it is a win-win situation, and Ming wins twice."

"The second is to quell the rebellion and avoid the danger of civil war."

When Chen Mu said the win-win situation, the courtiers were unmoved, and they still listened quietly. Some people were drowsy, and the influence of overseas on Beijing was still too weak. As the best officials in the empire, of course they could understand that Chen Mu was What to say, but no one cares... Overseas is too far away, and the middle school is like a bird waiting to be fed. It is enough to wait for Chen Mu, a big bird that has gone out to hunt, to come back to feed.

What's more, the so-called "Chen Xue" was only popular among the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant Lu Tiaoyang, the Minister of War Tan Lun, the minister of household affairs Wang Guoguang and Emperor Wanli.

Others don't understand.

But when he said that the second purpose was to quell the rebellion and avoid the danger of war, the court suddenly became noisy.

"Ok?"

Zhang Juzheng turned around, his eyes as calm as water swept across the courtiers, and wherever this gaze went, there was no sound. When the courtiers were quiet, he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Shuai has made great achievements. After the court meeting, he will be kept in the palace as a Your Majesty, please clear up the confusion, the court meeting will continue, please discuss with other ministers if they have something to do, Chen Shuai?"

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Chen Mu bid farewell to the emperor and returned to the imperial court. Emperor Wanli still had a lot to say, but he could only let the imperial assembly continue.

Let Chen Mu go on talking, and the civil and military officials of the whole court have to stand with him for three days and three nights. The emperor's thirst for knowledge is so strong, can he finish talking in three days and three nights?
The middle-aged man feels that the matter of having a banquet with Chen Mu in the five ministries may have to be postponed.

The most important thing is that Zhang Juzheng cares about the regulations, while Chen Mu's actions are for the country and the people, but they are not in compliance with the regulations, but this person is still self-made, and it is not suitable to tear down the stage.

But this is enough for an unruly troublemaker, and you can't let others learn it.

At that time, the rebellion will be gone, but it is not beautiful for the court to mess up the rules first.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)